skimmer basket

[cinbia12]

Well the pool guy came out to look at it today. This is starting to work out really well. Next door neighbor had a skimmer he bought at a yard sale, the pool guy had a return in his truck so that was installed today (amazing how much more movement there is in the water) We went and got the plate thing and shorter hoses. He'll be back sometime tomorrow for that. Thinks our filter is too small, so guess has an extra DE filter from a yard sale (actually he has 2 in his shed) so if that can be attached to our pump and is big enough he will be getting a gift certificate to a local restaurant. and the skimmer might be installed for trade with a snow blower. LOL Thanks for all your input and I'll let you know how all goes.

[matt4x4]

Wow! Pool bartering - I like it!!!!
Sounds like you got it all covered!

[cinbia12]

Let you know later how all goes. One more question though- he seems to think we have metal in the pool, but when we had the water tested Sunday, metals read 0 for iron and copper. Should we throw metal free in just for fun? I just don't want to end up with more of a mess than the green we have now.
Thanks

[matt4x4]

If your tests came back 0, I would doubt that you have any metal, tests don't screw up that bad, if in doubt take another sample in. I wouldn't just throw chemicals into the pool for fun.

[cinbia12]

Well got the skimmer in, in the pouring rain no less. New (to us) filter is set to go. Just need to raise the water level and will be good to go. Rain we had tonight should really help. Is a too large filter going to be a problem" It is a Hayward E60. Hopefully nothing leaks. If it does they will come back.

[cinbia12]

Well all has gone well so far. Neighbor's first filter wasn't working right, but he had another one same model. Everything seems to be working great. Hubby went in to stir stuff up. and backwashed the filter. Don't believe the amount of junk that came out of there. He'll do it again tomorrow morning and seeing the green is much lighter, maybe we'll be swimming sometime tomorrow afternoon.
Thanks guys.